Das Volks Vintage Volkswagen Gruppe

YEAH BABY!

got the front and rear disk brakes installed today maybe try to get the steel lines run tomorrow

Rocking and rollin!

Nice progress!! Keep it up!! Getting the garage itch.

so i thought i would bang out the frame head in 1 day got my ass handed to me all day long. 2 hours to remove PO rigging. 1 hour searching for things that were 3 feet away. 1 hour back andforth to the hardware store. then finally get the frame head jigged up and my mig dont work. switch crapped out (kids dont try this at home) so i made the necessary repair and got it welded ithink im gonna wait till next weekend to remove the old frame head so i have 2 days just in case

Looking awesome! Wish I had your ambition......tools...space...time.....SKILL!! Your switch fix is something I'd do, strong work!! I'm in east northport, if u even need a hand or someone to drink beer and say mmmmhhh, i have three kids so the excuse to run out for a few hrs is usually welcome.
Rob

did you say beer

Ambitious, keep the wheels rolling.

So it was off with her head day today got htol one off squared up the new one ready to weld in naps hat and pans tomorrow

wow. Love the speed of this project!

hopefully my avatar pic

I'll take care of it tomorrow when I'm done with my funeral.

so i was trying to get naps hat and pans welded in today got naps hat welded in but couldnt get welder to cooperate some ugly welds and then it went Kapoot popped the covers and the cooling fan is toast so another weekend lost and off topic WTF its still august

I'm interested in why you are replacing the framehead, was it rusted out, I couldn't see that in the photo's.

yes Tom it was shot A P/O welded a thick skid plate on the bottom to buy some time.I was gonna leave it like that for a while but i came into some extra money and figured its easier to do with no floors installed now im just waiting on the new welder to get here i cant complain i got 30 years out of my old one

Did you buy this car from Varnish ? Guy named Jon ?

Varnish had a super. That's a standard frame head.

no a guy named ed its a standard bug

yikes..... thats one scary frame head. Kudos to you on that. I cant say I'd be eager to handle this project and not go finder a more solid one. Keep the pics coming

ObnoxiousBlue wrote:Varnish had a super. That's a standard frame head.

Yeah, I just remember him telling me he welded a plate to the framehead.

I actually saw Varnish recently at the Rocco's feast in Glen Cove. He still had the bettle, and we just shooting the $hit. He looked good and Def was in a better place.

yeah this car probably should have been crushed. but i wanted to build a bug and had no money.i sold a transmission i had in the garage for the last 25 years for $1100 found the car for $350 used the rest of the money on pans and heater channels. the car has a factory rebuilt engine that runs, has the regi . im a mechanic by trade so the labor is free and i need something to keep me busy. im only using money from things i sell in my garage so it although the price is climbing its all free money for me
wow new mig welder in 3 days it took them more than a week to send me 2 cans of primer

Nice. Any idea who actually makes the welder for Eastwood?
I'm curious to see how you like it and how it performs.

i know the welder is made in china it comes with a 6 month return policy and 3 year warranty. did some butt welds on 20 gauge sheet metel last night works great gonna try plug welds on old frame heads to dial it in before i weld the pans on

elrockk wrote:no a guy named ed its a standard bug

Did you buy it on LI?


(Everyone else) The Prez, perhaps??